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Los Angeles employment attorney for employees — Losing your job is tough.

So we fight twice as hard — a Los Angeles employment attorney for the people companies push out.

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How we read it

Most firings arrive with a cover story.

Employers dress up unlawful terminations as ordinary business decisions: a reorganization, a performance problem, a restructuring. Our work is to line up the timing, the documents, and the law, then show what actually happened.

How we build a case
Marked by the firm
Meridian Logistics, Inc.
Private & Confidential
Via hand delivery
Office of Human Resources
1200 Alameda St · Los Angeles, CA
DateMarch 28, 2025
To[ Employee ] · Warehouse Operations
RE: Separation of Employment

Dear [ Employee ],

This letter confirms that your employment with Meridian Logistics, Inc. will end effective April 11, 2025. We thank you for your service.

The Company has made the difficult decision to eliminate your position as part of a . This decision is final.

Your access credentials will be deactivated at 5:00 p.m. Please return all Company property. Final wages will be issued per California law.

M. Hargrove
Michelle Hargrove
Director, Human Resources
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Timing

A firing that lands days after you reported, complained, or asked for leave.

02

Shifting reasons

The explanation changes between the meeting, the letter, and the unemployment claim.

03

A sudden paper trail

Years of strong reviews, then a rush of write-ups right before the end.

04

The decision-maker

Who actually wanted you gone, and the reason they won't put in writing.

The record

A record the other side's lawyers respect.

Verdicts and settlements won for employees across California. Strongest first.

$7.6M
Lead verdict
Whistleblower retaliation, jury verdict
Zirpel v. Alki David Productions
$4,300,000Wrongful terminationConfidential settlementSettlement
$2,250,000Whistleblower & wrongful terminationConfidential settlementSettlement
$2,200,000Wage & hour class actionCortes v. Daley FoodsClass action
$1,152,180Sex-based discriminationCruz v. Orange County Sanitation DistrictVerdict
$1,150,000Sexual harassmentConfidential settlementSettlement
$800,000Disability discriminationGrant v. Los Angeles MTAVerdict

Past results do not guarantee a future outcome. Every case is unique. Figures reflect gross recoveries before fees and costs.

Discuss your case
01

Wrongful termination

Fired for an unlawful reason, or in violation of public policy, contract, or your protected rights.

02

Workplace discrimination

Adverse treatment based on a protected class: race, sex, age, disability, religion, and more.

03

Sexual harassment

A hostile work environment, or quid-pro-quo conduct you endured to keep your job.

04

Retaliation & whistleblower

Punished for reporting illegal conduct, filing a complaint, or asserting a workplace right.

05

Wage & hour

Unpaid overtime, missed meal and rest breaks, misclassification, or stolen wages.

06

Severance review

Know what you're giving up, and what your claim is worth, before you sign.

Practice areas

If your employer did one of these, the law may already be on your side.

Six ways we fight for employees
Counsel

Your job is your livelihood. When an employer takes it unlawfully, you need someone who has spent a career fighting companies, standing on your side of the table.

The attorney

The attorney on the file

Jonathan Delshad tries the case himself.

Attorney Jonathan Delshad
Jonathan Delshad
Founder · Los Angeles Employment Attorney

Call and a real person answers — our office, live humans, never an automated intake mill. Jonathan reads the file himself, and because the firm takes a limited number of cases, he stays personally involved in every one. The first call is free whether or not yours turns out to be one of them — the only way to know is to ask. Once he takes your case, you'll have his direct line — the same attorney, start to finish.

Editor-in-ChiefCalifornia Wrongful Termination Law Review
AdmittedState Bar of California
RepresentsAlmost exclusively employees
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Super Lawyers2022–2026 · Top 100 So-Cal since 2017
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Rising Stars2016–2020

None of it was bought or self-declared. Each is conferred by someone else: the people who watch how the work actually goes.

Why us

You're not up against your employer. You're up against their lawyers.

The moment a company decides you're a problem, it brings in people who do this for a living. We're who you bring to even the table.

What the company brings
  • —Outside defense counsel, paid to protect them
  • —An HR file built to justify the decision
  • —An NDA waiting for your signature
  • —Time and money to wait you out
What's on your side
  • §California law — the Fair Employment and Housing Act and Labor Code § 1102.5 (the state's whistleblower-protection law)
  • §An attorney who has built a career fighting for employees
  • §No fee unless we win, with costs advanced
  • §A straight answer from the first call
$0
unless we win

Most employment cases are handled on contingency. We advance the costs and only get paid when you do.

Find out where you stand
How it works

What happens after you call.

01
The first call

Tell us what happened on a free, confidential call. You get a straight answer on whether what happened was unlawful, and what it may be worth.

02
The case we build

We line up the timing, the documents, and the statute, the way the other side will. We advance the costs and take it on, from the demand letter to the courtroom.

03
Where you land

You pay nothing unless we win. When we recover, you recover, and the same attorney stays on your file from the first call to the last.

Client voices

In their own words.

“

I thought I had no case. Jonathan listened, told me exactly what the law said, and then he won. I could finally breathe again.

Maria G.
Wrongful termination
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They never made me feel like a file number. Every call I got the truth, and they fought like it was personal.

Daniel R.
Whistleblower retaliation
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I was up against a company with a whole legal team. Delshad evened the table within a week.

Aisha K.
Workplace discrimination
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No fee unless we win was not a slogan. They advanced every cost and recovered more than I expected.

Thomas L.
Wage & hour
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Confidential, straight, and relentless. I would send anyone in my position to them without thinking twice.

Priya S.
Sexual harassment

Client names abbreviated for privacy. Testimonials reflect individual experiences and are not a guarantee of outcome.

Common questions

The questions people ask first.

Straight answers. If yours isn't here, ask us on the call.

Nothing up front. Most employment cases are handled on contingency: we advance the costs and only get paid when we win. The first consultation is free.

That is exactly what the free consultation answers. Tell us what happened and we will give you a straight read on whether it was unlawful and what it may be worth.

Deadlines are short and vary by claim, often a year or less from the event. The sooner you call, the more options you keep. Do not wait to find out.

Not from us. Your consultation is confidential, and nothing leaves this office without your say.

Wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and whistleblower claims, wage and hour, and severance review. We represent employees, almost exclusively — and we take on only the cases we believe in.

Straight answers, on video

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Video answers

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Short clips from Jonathan on the employment-law questions we hear most — before you ever call.

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Severance agreement review

Don't sign first. We read it free and tell you exactly what you'd be giving up.

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